Bandage



J mm 20, 1933.

Patented June 20. 1933 UNI ED STATES PAT N oonnannmnnornnnormsiimaem! Ysumac:

' Application fled Iebruary 6, 1.31, Io.

curvatures at its opposite longitudinal wise determining the 'The bandafthelon tudinal ed 65 E to i f modified form of construction of the newbandage consists therein that said inwardlydirected curvature at the lonitudinal edges of said filling is of such con ormation that it willsubdivide said filling into a front and a rear flap of even size.

A further modified form of construction of the new bandage consiststherein that the [aforesaid curvature is dis laced from the transversecentral line of t e filling so that there will be formed a front and arear flap of different length and eventually also of difierent width.

A further modified form of construction of the new banda e consiststherein that the pocket or hull or the filling is so constructed that itwill span the aforesaid curvatures of said filling over a certain lengththereof thus giving the bandage additional resistency during use.

Bandages of t e present kind are known which consist of a pocket or hullof auze with a fillin' g of superifilsed foils of ce ular materialtherein said ng forming an ob long strip inserted into said hull andhaving straight longitudinal edges, thus likestraight form of said hullalong said straight longitudinal edges.

7 f0 part of my invention now is o improv construction resulting in theadvantage that the banda e can no more slip or otherwise be dlsplaceduring use, this being due to the presence of the aforementionedcurvatures on the longitudinal edges of the filling in connection withof the bandage as a e additional resiliency whole. Owin g the bandage-can no obtained in this manner more injure the skin or causeinflammations.

' bandage, Fig. 1 be' .resiliency 0 man, and. a Goran Imama, 1m.

' omen Besides, the new bandage on account oflthe I aforementionedcurvatures at the longitudinal edges of the filling will roperl fit thebod and particularly the fbrm o the legs an prevent an undesirablecompression of the bandage therebetween especially near the middle partof the latter. I

My new bandage may also be used with advantage as a dressingfoninfants,'especiall as a substitute for swaddling clothes or t 9 like.The bandage in this case permits bemg securely fit to the body of theinfant wlthout exerting any disagreeable pressure on the body of theinfant and without causinglimy molestation to the latter.

the accompanying drawing I have shown some preferred forms of my new aperspective view of the spread apart h or pocket which, when properlyfolded to ether will form a receptacle for the filling which consists ofa pad or pile of superposed foils of cellular material, Fig. 2, aperspective view of Fi 1 in properly folde condition with the fillingenclosed, Fig. 3, a top-view on a filling of somewhat modified form andFig. 4, a

pocket or hull for said filling, said pocket or hull being of the shapeof a hose.

Referrin now more particularly to the drawing, t e filling b whichconsists of a pad or pile of superposed foils of cellular material is ofreduced width at its middle portion by giving an inward curvature toboth lon' tudinal edges of said filling with the resu t of obtainlng afilling havin' a middleportion of smaller width.. he pocket or hull awhich may preferably be made from gauze is folded together according toFig. 2 in well-known manner to enclose the pad or filling d, referablyin such a manner thatthe longitu inal edges of said hull or pocket willspan and fill up thecurvatures at the middle part of said pad or fillingthus the bandage as a whole near the relatively rigid curved edges ofthe fillahe curvatures at the middle rtion of the filling b may, forinstance, of the smooth form shown in Figs. land 2 or also providing foradditional lateral of a sharper form as indicated in Fig. 8. If thesmallest width of the filling b is positioned centrall of the lengththereof, such as is shown in igs. 1 and 2, there'will be 5 formed at thefront and rear end of said filling two flaps of even size, while ifthesmall est width of the filling b is positioned out of the center ofthe length of the there will be obtained two flaps b, b of difierent lewhich, in addition, ma also be of di erentwidthasshownin .8. This latterform of filling is especi y suitable and advantageous if the bandage isused as a for infants of swaddling u b. a art-i1 befixed new 11 ageormay to the body of the person or infant in any desired manner forinstance by using the lateral ends of the hull or ltet which probeyondthe filling for astening support- 7 m5 stri s thereto.

he and however ma also be provided with a and c whic is awn throu h anaperture provided at either end of t e and the hull as indicated in Fig.2, aid xed with its free ends to a supporting 1;. Instead of the hull awhich is formed from an originall flat piece of fabric or the like, asshown in ig. 1, and folded together in.the manner shown in Fig. 2, theremay also be provided a bull or ket in the form of a hose a into which emay beinsertedasindicatedinFigs.3an 4 I claim: y

In a bandage of the character described, incombination, a setofsupefimsed layers of shaped oblong pieces of cell at material,

' the middle portions of the longitudinal side of said set of layersbeing cut awa to m restricted neck portions, and a so and yieldingenvelope having parallel sides enclosing the said set of. la ers on allsides -1 and extending from one en thereof to the other end of the sameand across said restricted neck portion so as to enclose the latter andbe substantially spaced therefrom and form therewith opposite spaces 1adapted to receive the adjacent s aced portions of the envelope thereinw en in the 'tion of use to prevent contact of the a era with the skinof the user.

testimony whereof I afix my si ature. CONRAD DI HL.

